Arnaud Vandyck writes:
> Hi debian-java team,
>
> I'd like us to write a common position statement about the jdk under
> the gpl. I think these points should be mentioned:
>
> o This is really a good thing for us because it is now really the GPL
> (+Classpath exception), not a MPL like license;
>
> o Sun worked hard to have the jdk in Debian for some time now. (My
> POV: not the right way, but they did it, thanks ;-));
>
> o Let be patient. There is still a lot of work for everything to be
> integrated;
o Debian currently supports java compatible infrastructure on more
archs than the sun jdk supports. I would like to pick up the ideas
from the Oldenburg meeting last year for arch dependent packages
default-jre and default-jdk.
> o We (Ola Ludvig and other?) are working to build hotspot and javac
> with free software;
I would like to see a dedicated group caring about these
packages. "Debian Java maintainers" seems a bit broad.
Matthias
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